Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita

Mauritania
400.43 kilowatt-hours
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
447.22 kilowatt-hours
in 2024
Mauritania rank
168th
Papua New Guinea rank
165th

Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Papua New Guinea
200300400500600200020122024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 447.22 kilowatt-hours against 400.43 kilowatt-hours in Mauritania, a difference of 46.79 kilowatt-hours.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 165th of 212 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 195 kilowatt-hours 489.33 kilowatt-hours 294.33 kilowatt-hours Papua New Guinea
2010s 287.93 kilowatt-hours 480.22 kilowatt-hours 192.29 kilowatt-hours Papua New Guinea
2020s 368.19 kilowatt-hours 444.49 kilowatt-hours 76.3 kilowatt-hours Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita electricity generation vs. gdp per capita, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 447.22 kilowatt-hours against 400.43 kilowatt-hours in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita electricity generation vs. gdp per capita between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
46.79 kilowatt-hours, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for per capita electricity generation vs. gdp per capita?
Mauritania ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 165th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,561 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.